Apparatus for dipping tobacco in licorice



(NQ Model) E. P. MAPPRAND. APPARATUS FOR DIPBING TOBACCO IN LIGORIGE, No. 295.780.

Patented Mar. 25, 18821.-

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EMILE F. MAFFRAND, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

4'APPARATUS FOR DIPPING TOBACCO IN LICORICiE.

`SPECIFIC ATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 295,780, dated March 25, 1884.

v Application filed August 22, 1853. (No model.)

To all whom tm/ay concern.-

Be it known that I, EMILE F. MAEFRAND, of thecity of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented a certain new and `useful Improvement in Apparatus for Dipping Tobacco in Licorice or other Liquids in the Manufacture of Plug-Tobacco, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 is a top view; and Figs. 2 and 3 are vertical longitudinal sections, taken on line 2 3, Fig. 1, and showing different positions of the parts.

My invention relates to a device or apparatus for dipping tobacco in a bath of licorice or `other liquids for the purpose of saturating it;

and my invention consists in features Vof novelty hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claims.`

Referring to the drawings, A represents a suitable tank or vessel for containing a licorice or other liquid bath. It supports in suitable boxes a shaf't, B, Vhaving on one end a drivingpulley, B', and provided with one or more cranks, B2. I prefer and have shown one crank, and it should be, as represented, at or near the center of the shaft. The crank of the shaft is connected,by means of an arm or pitman, O, with a float or table, D, which is of any desired length, and of Width sufficient to fit snugly the interior of the tank. (See Fig.

A l.) The pitman has a lloose or journal connection with the float, so that as the shaft is turned by suitable motive power in the direc tion shown by the arrows the float will first be drawn back,'the rear end being raised from the bath on account of the pitman being connected to it back of the center or middle, as shown in Fig. 2, and then be depressed and pushed forward, as shown in Fig. 3. The tobacco to be saturated or immersed is thrown or placed into the tank behind the shaft, and as the float is drawn back and its rear end lifted, it is brought over the tobacco, as shown fin Fig. 2, and then, as the float is lowered and pushed forward, it carries the tobacco, which is beneath it, with it, immersing it, as shown in Fig. 3. As the float is drawn back, the immersed tobacco is removed from the front end of the tank, and by this time more or another supply of dry tobacco has been placed in the end of the tank, and thus the operation goes on continuously.

I do not wish to conne myself to the exact construction of the mechanical device shown and described for operating the float, as the same may be changed without affecting or altering the essential features of my invention. Neither do I wish to confine myself to the shape, form, or size of the tank and iioat, as any well-known construction may be used.

It will be seen that a more orless amount of liquid in the tank will not affect the working of my device. With a small amount of liquid the ioat will simply have less horizontal or end movement than Where a of liquid is used.

I claim as my inventionm 7 l. The combination, with a suitable tank, of

afloat and means to elevate and depress the rear end of the float at the receiving end of the tank to dip the material, as set forth.

2. The combination, with a tank, of a iioat, a shaft having a crank supported over the receiving end of the tank, and a pitman connected to the crank and float, the whole ar ranged substantially as shown, whereby the float assumes an inclined position at the receiving end of the tank, and a horizontal position as it advances with the dipped material, as set forth.

3. The combination, with a tank, of a float, a crank-shaft, suitable boxes on the tank to support the crank-shaft at the receiving end thereof, and a pitman connected to the crankgreater amount shaft and float, the operating means being arranged to elevate the rear end of the float at the receiving end of the tank to form a pocket for and then dip the material, as set forth.

EMILE E. MAEEEAND. 

